Robert Fane
Robert George Cecil Fane(8 May 1796– 4 October 1864) was anEnglishjudge.
Biography[edit]
Fane, fourteenth and youngest child of theHon. Henry Faneand Anne, daughter of Edward Buckley Batson, and brother of General SirHenry FaneandHarriet Arbuthnot,was born on 8 May 1796, and educated atCharterhouse Schoolfrom 1808 to 1813. He matriculated fromBalliol College, Oxford,on 22 May 1813, and was afterwards ademyandfellow(1824–35) ofMagdalen College, Oxford,where he proceededB.A.in 1817 andM.A.in 1819. He wascalled to the baratLincoln's Innon 1 June 1821, and soon enjoyed a considerable practice as anequitybarrister.
In 1823Lord Eldonappointed him one of the five commissioners of the "Thirteenth List", and on 2 December 1831 he was nominated byLord Broughamone of the six commissioners who were to hold office under the new act establishing theCourt of Bankruptcy.
In later life his judicial bearing was marked by an eccentricity of manner, but although his decisions were frequently the subject of comment, very few of his judgments were reversed on appeal. As a member of theLaw Amendment Societyhe was a constant attendant at the weekly meetings inLancaster Place.
He was much interested in railway schemes, and was for some years a director of theEastern Counties Railway.
Fane was an ardent lover offield sports,and was well known in theLeicesterhunts; he was also a patron of the fine arts, and possessed a collection of paintings.
He died at the Burdon Hotel,Weymouth,on 4 October 1864.
He married first, 24 June 1835, Isabella Mary, youngest daughter of Admiral SirEliab Harvey,G.C.B.;she died at Rolls Park,Chigwell,on 15 December 1838; and secondly, on 7 September 1841, Harriet Anne, only daughter ofAdmiral the Hon. Sir Henry Blackwood, baronet;she died on 31 December 1869. They had a London home at 4Upper Brook Street,Mayfair.[1]By his first wife Fane had no issue. By his second wife he had two daughters, Cicely Harriette Fane (1846 – 1933) and Blanche Anna Fane (1847 – 1935), and two sons, Lionel Arthur (1851 - 1872) and Cecil Francis William (1856-1914) who married 8 May 1880 Lady Augusta Fanny Rous (1858 – 1950), daughter ofJohn Rous, 2nd Earl of Stradbroke.
Publications[edit]
- Letter addressed to the Attorney-General [Sir John Campbell] on his Bill for the Abolition of Imprisonment for Debt,1837
- Bankruptcy Reform, in a series of Letters addressed to Sir R. Peel,letters i–iii, 1838
- Bankruptcy Reform,letters iv–vii, 1838
- Observations on the proposed Abolition of Imprisonment for Debts on Mesne Process, in a Letter to Sir R. Peel,1838
- Outline of a Plan for Improving the Law of Debtor and Creditor, without Abolishing Imprisonment for Debt,1844
- A Letter to Lord Cottenham on the present position of Her Majesty's Commissioners of the Court of Bankruptcy, and suggesting a more extended use of that Court in matters of Account,1846
- Bankruptcy Reform, in a series of Letters addressed to W. Hawes, Esq.,letters i–iv, 1848
- Ministry of Justice; its necessity as an Instrument of Law Refor,1848
- Sketch of an Act to EstablishTenant-Rightin conformity to the principles suggested in an article in the “Law Review” for November 1848, signed C. F.,1849
- Tenant-Right, its necessity as a means of promoting good Farming,No. ii, 1849
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Sources[edit]
This article incorporates text from a publication now in thepublic domain:"Fane, Robert George Cecil".Dictionary of National Biography.London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
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